Technical Project Manager (DI)

Job Description

Job Spec
Organizes and accelerates a group of related technology projects or activities across multiple teams, aligning dependent organizations. Identify and remove blockers and always find the path forward in challenging situations
Creates mechanisms to effectively report out and control execution. Recognizes complexity and creates predictable delivery paths for large and/or complex efforts. Measurably improves, streamlines, and/or eliminates excess processes. Utilizes cross organizational mechanisms to describe and drive continuous improvements.
Drives execution of an outcome from inception through successful delivery through the full stack of the services / domains, or an outcome that spans multiple teams and integrations across the enterprise.
Looked to as first point of contact for your team or area and the source of truth for status providing the right information and associated data about the state of the project to the right audience at the right time.
Understands the business strategy and design approaches within product, program or domain with depth to be credible and effective with teams they work with. Can competently represent team’s services.
Keeps abreast of evolving technology landscape. Can ask the right questions to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of designs (scalability, latency, security, performance, data integrity, etc.)
Works with ambiguity and with limited guidance. The business outcome, program, and/or product strategy is defined, but nothing else is. Able to get the inertia out and the project in motion or able to get the entropy out and the project into a calm and predictable delivery pattern
Transform raw thoughts into clear and concise communications/instructions to the teams. Can communicate with confidence 3+ levels up.
Understands the needs of the engineers and technical operations teams who have to build, maintain, and operate the services and technical assets
Regularly review metrics and proactively seek out new and improved data/mechanisms for visibility ensuring your program stays aligned with organization objectives
Anticipate bottlenecks and adequately factor in contingency for unplanned delays
Expert with scrum delivery
Close collaboration with the product management to keep the backlog healthy, groomed and purged.